Species

Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913)

Indian cotton jassid; okra leafhopper; cotton leafhopper; two-spot cotton leafhopper; Indian cotton leafhopper

Habitus, dorsal view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Habitus. (Observation).

Habitus, lateral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Lateral. (Observation).

Head on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Head. (Observation).

Head on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Head, female. (Observation).

Head on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Head, male. (Observation).

Head on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Head and thorax. (Observation).

Head on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).

Pygofer appendages on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Pygofer ventral appendage. (Observation).

Pygofer appendages on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Pygofer appendages. (Observation).

Subgenital plate, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): genital plate. (Observation).

Subgenital plate, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Subgenital plate. (Observation).

Stylus on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Stylus or paramere. (Observation).

Stylus on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Stylus. (Observation).

Aedeagus, lateral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).

Aedeagus, lateral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).

Aedeagus, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).

Aedeagus, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).

Connective on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Connective. (Observation).

Forewing on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Forewing. (Observation).

Forewing on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Forewing. (Observation).

Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Sternal apodemes. (Observation).

Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view. (Observation).

Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view (E. devastans, Distant, 1918). (Observation).

Anal tube processes on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) punctata (Melichar, 1914) now Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Anal tube. (Observation).

Anal tube processes on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Anal tube process. (Observation).

Other on Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913): Labels. (Observation).

FieldOccurrence 4861; cbd9ac2b-8958-4333-bfae-aaabae86634f; Taiwan: Taiwan: Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, TW-KH, TW, 2023/12/13
余世文: (FieldOccurrence).

FieldOccurrence 4862; c13d7460-e752-40c2-90f7-b4ac5b4eb1a2; Taiwan: Taiwan: Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, TW-KH, TW, 2023/12/14
余世文: (FieldOccurrence).

FieldOccurrence 4863; a4654307-d864-43e2-847a-67d3f2821bbe; Taiwan: Taiwan: Kaohsiung
台灣高雄市鼓山區高雄, 2024/09/15
余世文: (FieldOccurrence).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (41)

Empoasca devastans Maxwell-Lefroy, 1906a: 108. (nomen nudum: no description)
Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913a: 1.
Neotype; male; 129103e9-cf25-4aa7-9b46-23432dd65fa2; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); Japan: Okinawa

Chlorita biguttula Shiraki, 1913b: 96.
Neotype; male; 129103e9-cf25-4aa7-9b46-23432dd65fa2; deposited at: Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University (EIHU); Japan: Okinawa
Zygina biguttula punctata Melichar, 1914b: 146.
Lectotype; adult; e680b040-48d7-48a1-898d-67522694a494; deposited at: Senckenberg Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany (SMTD); Indonesia: East Sumbawa, former Ost-Soembawa, Dompoe, 24-25.V.1927, Rensch
Empoasca bipunctata Schumacher, 1915b: 127.
Holotype; female; 7a02c877-fe69-4949-b983-019f706b56cd; deposited at: Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Müncheberg (SDEI);
Chlorita bimaculata Matsumura, 1916b: 393.
Empoasca devastans Distant, 1918b: 93.
Lectotype; male; fd0b1ef1-9adf-45c9-8a51-ac9df8c50351; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Chlorita bimaculata Matsumura, 1916 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Matsumura, 1934b: 5.
Empoasca nigropunctata Merino, 1936a: 389.
Holotype; adult; a186afb3-9ae5-42e1-8cb5-0047f14c8cf5; deposited at: National Museum of the Philippines, Manila (MPMP); Philippines: Luzon, Rizal Province, Alabang, J. Valdez
Empoasca devastens [sic] (Distant, 1918) in Cherian & Kylasam, 1938a: 76.
Empoasca devastens [sic] (Distant, 1918) (misspelling of Empoasca devastans Distant, 1918) in Cherian & Kylasam, 1938a: 76.
Chlorita bigutulla [sic] (Ishida, 1913) in Husain & Lal, 1940a: 124.
Chlorita bigutulla [sic] (Ishida, 1913) (misspelling of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Husain & Lal, 1940a: 124.
Empoasca uniguttata Jacobi, 1941a: 311.
Empoasca biguttula (Ishida, 1913) in Poos & Wheeler, 1943a: 5.
Empoasca quadrinotatissima Dlabola, 1957b: 296.
Chlorita quadrinotatissima (Dlabola, 1957) in Dlabola, 1958c: 52.
Empoasca schumacheri Metcalf, 1968a: 353.
Empoasca devastans Maxwell-Lefroy, 1906 (unavailable, linked to Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Metcalf, 1968a: 314.
Typhlocyba uniguttata (Jacobi, 1941) in Metcalf, 1968a: 905.
Empoasca bipunctata Schumacher, 1915 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Empoasca devastans Distant, 1918 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Empoasca quadrinotatissima Dlabola, 1957 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Empoasca uniguttata Jacobi, 1941 (subjective synonym of Zygina biguttula punctata Melichar, 1914) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Chlorita bimaculata Matsumura, 1916 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Sundapteryx biguttula biguttula (Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Sundapteryx biguttula punctata (Melichar, 1914) in Dworakowska, 1970h: 712.
Amrasca devastans (Distant, 1918) in Ahmed & Samad, 1972b: 288.
Empoasca schumacheri Metcalf, 1968 (unnecessary replacement for Empoasca bipunctata Schumacher, 1915) in Linnavuori, 1975c: 616.
Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska & Viraktamath, 1975a: 530.
Amrasca biguttula punctata (Melichar, 1914) in Dworakowska, 1976b: 4.
Amrasca biguttula (Ishida, 1913) in Dworakowska, 1977i: 14.
Chlorita biguttula Shiraki, 1913 (synonymic homonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Sohi, 1983a: 53.
Empoasca nigropunctata Merino, 1936 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Sohi, 1983a: 52.
Empoasca biguttala [sic] (Ishida, 1913) in Li, Xu & Zhang, 2005: 147.
Empoasca biguttala [sic] (Ishida, 1913) (misspelling of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Li, Xu & Zhang, 2005: 147.
Amrasca (Amrasca) biguttula (Ishida, 1913) in Khatri, Rustamani, Ahmed, Sultana & Zaidi, 2013: 1264.
Empoasca uniguttata Jacobi, 1941 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Xu, Wang, Dietrich, Fletcher & Qin, 2017a: 363.
Zygina biguttula punctata Melichar, 1914 (subjective synonym of Chlorita biguttula Ishida, 1913) in Xu, Wang, Dietrich, Fletcher & Qin, 2017a: 363.

Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913) in Xu, Wang, Dietrich, Fletcher & Qin, 2017a: 362.
Zygina punctata Melichar, 1914 in Xu, Wang, Dietrich, Fletcher & Qin, 2017a: 363.

Nomenclature references (26)

Ahmed, M. & Samad, K. (1972b) Some new additions to the Typhlocybine fauna of East Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 15(4-5), 285–290.
Cherian, M.C. & Kylasam, M.S. (1938a) Jassids on cotton. Jour. Madras Agr., 26, 76–77.

Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.

Dlabola, J. (1957b) Die Zikaden Afghanistans (Homopt. - Auchenorrhyncha) nach den Ergebnissen der von Herrn J. Klapperich in den Jahren 1952-1953 nach Afghanistan unternommennen Expedition. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 47(5), 265–303.

Dlabola, J. (1958c) A reclassification of palaearctic Typhlocybinae (Homopt., Auchenorrh.). Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae, 55(1), 44–57. [in Czech]

Dworakowska, I. & Viraktamath, C.A. (1975a) On some Typhlocybinae from India (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 23(8), 521–530.

Dworakowska, I. (1970h) On some genera of Typhlocybini and Empoascini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 18(11), 707–716.

Dworakowska, I. (1976b) On some Oriental and Ethiopian Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Reichenbachia, 16(1), 1–51.

Dworakowska, I. (1977i) On some Typhlocybinae from Vietnam (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 30(2), 9–47.

Husain, M.A. & Lal, K.B. (1940a) The bionomics of Empoasca devastans Distant on some varieties of cotton in the Punjab. Indian Jour. Entomol., 2, 123–136.

Ishida, S. (1913a) Report on the injurious and useful insects of cotton. Govt. of Formosa, Bureau of Industry and Production, Publication No., 12, 1–3.

Jacobi, A.F.V. (1941a) Die Zikadenfauna der Kleinen Sundainseln. Nach der Expeditionsausbeute von B. Rensch. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systemetik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. Jena, 74, 277–322 + pl. 5.

Khatri, I., Rustamani, M.A., Ahmed, Z., Sultana, R. & Zaidi, S. (2013) Host records of Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of Zoological Museum, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 45(5), 1263–1271.

Li, Z.-Z., Xu, P. & Zhang, B. (2005) Homoptera: Hecalinae, Coelidiinae, Iassinae, Typhlocybinae, Nirvaninae, Evacanthinae and Macropsinae. In M.-F. Yang & D.-C. Jin (Eds.). Insect fauna from the National Natural Reserve of Guizhou Province, China. 4. Insects from Dashahe Nature Reserve of Guizhou. Guizhou People Publishing House, Guiyang. pp. 143–152. [in Chinese; 杨茂发,金道超. (2005) 贵州大沙河昆虫. 贵州·贵阳:贵州人民出版社.]

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: two small spots

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	25	26